The following articles from Instruction discuss the reasons why implementing accessibility in your course design influences student success. Faculty will also discover practical advice on how to create courses that are inclusive to all students.
- September 28, 2021What’s Happening In FDIS The Faculty and Departmental Instructional Support team offers professional development opportunities throughout the year. See what we have coming up this month below. You can also check out …
- June 14, 2021The Center for Students with DisABILITIES has recently re-branded and has a new name–the Justin Dart, JR, Student Accessibility Center or Dart Center. The new name became effective on July …
- May 3, 2021Microsoft offers various accessibility tools and learning tools throughout its products. Learn more about the tools by visiting the following links. Microsoft Accessibility Tools Digital Learning Tools from Microsoft Education
- March 24, 2021Watch the recording of our recent training: Improving Course Accessibility with Blackboard Ally. Download the slides (PDF) Thank you for working on the accessibility of your courses. If you need …
- October 23, 2020“Accessibility” originally meant to have the ability to reach or enter into something; however, the meaning of accessibility has evolved to include the ability of individuals with disabilities to access …
- May 8, 2020May 21st is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Click to learn more...
- February 26, 2020Providing Alternative Text or Image Descriptions allows people with visual impairments using assistive technology to discern the meaning of images online. Without alt text such people would miss the content …
- December 18, 2019One of the salient features of accessible content is that it lends itself well to assistive technologies, especially the screen reader. As you may know, a “screen reader” is a …
- December 13, 2019Adjust settings to improve the readability of Microsoft Word documents.
